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• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  things worth updating y'all about. So: a brief accounting/recounting of life since my ISEF Trip Report on May 13th. Week of May 16-22 After a ... was recently named the most innovative app of the year. It's basically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... miserable here. If it's not for you, it doesn't make you any less of a person ... much promise you that. Those who aren't offered admission won't be upset

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... mid-afternoon. It's been a busier than usual couple of weeks though ... after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit ... metal-ligand catalyst via spectoscopy (5.04), finding the best set of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining. You ... up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply ... to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars a year. Unsurprisingly

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  's your favorite part of your job?" President Hockfield: "You. The students." They talk back and forth about Sam's dream of becoming an astronaut and ... choice?" President Hockfield: "There is a huge amount of choice at MIT, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for the most lucrative of offerings. E-mail concerns directly to ... bring the wrath of higher-ups raining down on the admissions office again ... ) Scared about repercussions c) A member of the MIT faculty d) Tempted to e

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Factoid of the Day: I've never paid for food from the MIT Student ... you know. By “you”, I especially mean “employees and proprietors of the ... consists of at least 40% actual humans, leaving an estimated 58% for spambots

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  , offering students the luxury of having the entire summer to revise and giving ... 'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the last week of lectures here at ETH Zürich. But, the semester technically

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  current and alumni bloggers in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the MIT blogs and also to offer an update on my life post-MIT. I graduated ... of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  , which offers us a marvelous vintage tour of the Institute, was produced by ... without a certain comforting character for those of us old enough to ... hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a major Madison

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  world. Currently, there are 11 branches of MISTI (China, Japan, France ... can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I’m excited about experiencing a different stream of architecture than what I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... Hello, MIT Class of 2015! Here are some things that admitted students ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  offered the explanation of his obsession with The Simpsons. I dare you to ... one to do when one discovers an un-blogged aspect of MIT??? BLOG IT! As ... meal of the day. Instead of inspiring me to eat a balanced breakfast

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... 's book author to speak, and donated a copy of one of his books to all of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me, piercings are a rite of passage. Aside from being super cute, my piercings are

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and ... learning exactly how their graphs are derived, and probably plenty of formulas. At MIT, you would get a more condensed summary of this theory, but

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  's just one more thing I just thought of yesterday: laundry. Where are the ... doing laundry is never a problem. The price of 75 cents per machine might ... Burton-Conner with loads of wash. Mitra used to say freshman year that at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  with many of the parent events during the weekend it makes sense for me to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on ... Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013